Image caption Rebecca Lowe with her bike, Maud Rebecca Lowe’s friends thought she had taken leave of her senses when she set off on a 7,000-mile (11,250km), year-long cycle from the UK to Iran. She rode across Europe to Turkey, south to Egypt and Sudan, before flying to Oman and completing her journey into Iran. [...]

Image copyright Getty Images Police have warned owners of short-term holiday lets that their properties are increasingly being used for prostitution. Colin (not his real name) contacted the BBC when he discovered the flat he rents out on Airbnb had been turned into a pop-up brothel. Here he tells his story, while below Charlotte – [...]